--- title: But this time the dog's keeper had followed and watched the dog; and… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But this time the dog's keeper had followed and watched the dog; and he saw all that Shankar did, and the beautiful little child, so he ran to the four Queens and said to them, "Inside the King's dog there is a child! the loveliest child! Who acts: Boy, Shankar. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Boy, Shankar), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7128:22:113 # text = But this time the dog's keeper had followed and watched the dog; and he saw all that Shankar did, and the beautiful little child, so he ran to the four Queens and said to them, "Inside the King's dog there is a child! the loveliest child! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obj _ _ 20 Shankar Shankar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Inside inside ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 47 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 loveliest lovely ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 54 amod _ _ 54 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past · perfect · passive | | the dog's keeper | | | time | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **watch** | past | | the dog | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | Boy | that | | | | the beautiful little child and the loveliest child *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** | past | Shankar | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **run** | past | Boy | | | | | to the four Queens *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to queen=Result | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Boy *not said here* | | Queens *= queen* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Boy *not said here* | the loveliest child | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/114/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)